Quietest hikes in Pennsylvania
The highest acoustic-wildness scores: the routes where road noise, towns, and machinery are least audible, by distance and by the terrain in the way.
These are the 25 quietest hikes Ambleway has measured in Pennsylvania, from 96% quiet at the top of the board to 88% quiet at the bottom. They run from 2.2 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Baldwin Run Road & Gameland Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, gaining 2,898 ft.
- Pletcher Road 6.3 mi · ▲ 902 ft · 96% quiet
- Gameland Road & Ski Slope Road Loop 4.5 mi · ▲ 889 ft · 94% quiet
- Irwin Hill Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 399 ft · 94% quiet
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 433 ft · 93% quiet
- Adams Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 267 ft · 92% quiet
- Irwin Hill & Boy Scout Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 600 ft · 92% quiet
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail Loop 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,301 ft · 91% quiet
- Ridgeview Road 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,111 ft · 91% quiet
- Sugar Run via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 12.4 mi · ▲ 1,517 ft · 91% quiet
- Gameland Road & Ski Slope Road Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,038 ft · 91% quiet
- Baldwin Run Road–Ski Slope Road Loop, 3 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 1,451 ft · 91% quiet
- Irwin Hill via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 12.3 mi · ▲ 2,002 ft · 91% quiet
- Boy Scout Road 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,038 ft · 91% quiet
- Adams Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 91% quiet
- Adams Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 12.8 mi · ▲ 1,711 ft · 90% quiet
- Baldwin Run Road & Gameland Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 14.4 mi · ▲ 2,898 ft · 90% quiet
- Baldwin Run Road–Gameland Road, 3 sights 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,646 ft · 90% quiet
- Wolf Rocks–Brant Trail, 5 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 483 ft · 90% quiet
- LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 8 mi · ▲ 444 ft · 89% quiet
- Conemaugh Township Reservoir via Ridgeview Road 16.1 mi · ▲ 2,235 ft · 89% quiet
- Ligonier Township Reservoir & Penrod Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 14.1 mi · ▲ 2,240 ft · 89% quiet
- Adams Trail–Baldwin Run Road, 3 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,269 ft · 89% quiet
- T566 2.2 mi · ▲ 91 ft · 89% quiet
- Conemaugh Township Reservoir 2.8 mi · ▲ 316 ft · 89% quiet
- J.E. Miller Road–Rector Edie Road, 3 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 333 ft · 88% quiet